Put-sticking machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. W. NARAMORE, OFl DERBY, CONNECTICUT.

PIN-STICKING MACHINE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 24,654, dated Ju1y 5, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. NARAMORE, of Derby, in the county of New I-Iaven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Sticking Pins in Paper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a machine with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the clutches, and the apparatus for effecting their connection and disconnection to throw the drivers in and out of gear with the main shaft of the machine. Fig. 5 is a section of one of the clutches in a plane perpendicular to its shaft. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the disengaging slides, and its operating lever.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in certain improvements in the well known pin-sticking machine, which constitutes the subject matter of Letters Patent originally granted to Samuel Slocum in the year 1841, and eX- tended and re-issued in the year 1855, whereby I am enabled to operate the pin driving, the paper feeding, and the crimping appa ratus in a proper manner and with great rapidity through the agency of a constantly revolving shaft driven by steam, water, or other motive power, and am enabled to make the machine double-acting, and so save the time ordinarily lost in running back the sliding bed between the successive operations of the driving apparatus.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its conlstruction and operation.

A is a horizontal table, and B, B, supporting standards, said table and standards constituting the main framing of the machine. C is the sliding bed or pin carriage of the usual construction and fitted in the usual manner to ways a, a, on the table A, and furnished at one end with a rod C', and handle C2.

D is the conductor, down which the pins pass to the sliding bed, constructed and applied in the usual manner, and arranged directly over the middle of the plate A, that is I to say at equal distances from both sides thereof.

E, E, are two drivers arranged in guides b, o, side by side, and on opposite sides of the conductor D.

F, F' are two crimpers arranged to swing on fixed centers c, c, behind the sliding bed, one behind each driver.

G, G are paper rollers arranged side by side, one behind each crimper and driver and carrying two separate rolls of paper, and H, H are pressure rollers arranged on the top of the paper rollers. The drivers, the crimpers, and the paper and pressure rollers are substantially like those heretofore used, and are applied in a substantially similar manner, except that two of each are used instead of a single one as heretofore.

I, I' are two slides arranged to work, par allel with the drivers E, E', in suitable guides under the table A, one near each side of the table. These slides are connected with the drivers E, E', and are furnished each with a double wedge d e, (see Fig. l) to act upon a pendent rod f, attached to its respective criinper for the purpose of pulling down the crimper F, or F', to crimp the paper and raising it again after the crin1ping operation; and the said slides have also each attached a spring pawl g, to act upon a ratchet wheel 71, that is secured to its respective paper roller G, or G', for the pur pose of delivering the paper as fast as re quired.

J is a shaft arranged horizontally and parallel with the sliding bed C, in fixed bearings in hangers K, K, below the table A. This shaft carries two clutches L M, and L' M', the loose portions L, L', of which are close to the ends of the said shaft and furnished with crank pins or eccentric wrists 7L, z'. which are connected by connecting rods N, N', with the two slides I, I'. The construction of these clutches is illustrated in Figs. 4C and 5. The loose portions L, L', consist simply of fiat disks provided each with a radial groove in its inner face to receive within it a sliding tooth z', which is formed to project laterally from the said groove, as shown in Fig. 4e, for the purpose of engaging with a circular series of ratchet teeth j, j, formed inside of the portions M, M', of the clutches which are fast on the shaft. The teeth z', z', also project beyond the peripheries of the clutches, as shown in Figs. l, et and 5. Springs lm, m, are applied to the said sliding teeth z', z', in such manner as to exert a constant tendency to force them out-ward from the centersof the clutches and keep them in gear with the ratchet teeth y', j. The clutch shaft J, is geared by a Vpair of spur gears le, Z, with the main shaft O, which is arranged in fixed bearings in the same hangers K, K, and which has imparted to it, by means of steam water, or other power, a continuous rotary motion, which the gears 7c, Z, transmit to the clutch shaft J.

P, P are a pair of, what I call, disengaging slides, one of which is represented in perspective, detached from the machine, in Fig. 6, said slides being arranged horizontally, one in front of each of the clutches L M, L M, where they are fitted to a groove in a fixed guide bar Q, that is bolted to the hangers K, K. 'Ihe said slides P, P, are furnished each with a vertical projection p, which stands up in front of its respective clutch. fn. is a spring applied between the disengaging slides P, P, and exerting a tendency to force them longitudinally apart but the movement of the said slides is limited by means of stop screws g, Q, which are screwed, one into the bottom of each, through a slot in the bottom of the guide bar Q, said slots being only long enough to permit a suflicient movement to each of the said slides', to allow its projection 7), to be brought opposite to the tooth z', of its respective clutch as is illustrated 'at the left hand of Fig. 4L, or out of the way of the said teeth, as shown at the right hand of the said figure. Eachof the said slides P, P, contain in its upper face a notch r, having an upright and an inclined side to receive the beveled tooth s, at the lower end of one of two levers R, R, whose duty it is to move the slides P, P, in opposition to the spring a, as will be hereinafter described. The said levers R, R.

' are arranged to work on stationary fulpendently of the other.

crum pins t, t, secured in the front of the hangers K, and are slotted longitudinally where they receive the said pins, as shown in Fig. 2, to permit them a certain amount of longitudinal movement as well as a swinging movement. They are connected by a rod S, which causes them to swing together; and to this rod S, is applied a spring T, which tends to press both the levers downward toward the upper surfaces of the slides P, P, though it permits either one to be lifted up inde- At the front of their lower extremities the said levers R, R, have projections u, u, which are intended to Y project entirely over the front of the slides P, P, and to the front of the bar Q, there are attached two plates U, U, which stand up in front of and flush with the tops of the slides. These plates U, U, have their farthest extremities beveled off to form inelined planes, as shown at fv, fv, Fig. 2, the

bottoms of which are'opposite the bottoms of the notches r, r, in the slides P, P, and which incline in the opposite direction to the inclined sides of the said notches. The projections u, yu, on the levers R, R', have rounded faces presented to the plates U, U. The sliding bed C, carries in front a pin or projection u, which operates between the levers R,-R, as the bed is moved back and forth across the table A, and there are two stationary'pins x, secured in the table A, to serve as stops to the said levers.

' The operation of the machine is as follows: The attendant stands on the side where the handle C2, is situated with the said handle in her hand to operate the sliding bed C, which controls the movements of all the other operating devices, and which is the only part of the machine operated by hand, all the other parts deriving motion from the shaft O. I will here remark that Vnothing could be gained by making the sliding bed self-acting as the machine requires the whole attention of one person to see that the pins are properly delivered into the grooves in the sliding bed before the drivenssare permitted to act, and it is more convelfent to make the movement of the sliding beacontrol the movements of the other parts han to use a stop motion. The shaft O, being set in motion drives the shaft J, and the fast portions of the clutches, but owing to the teeth a, z', of both clutches resting against the projections 72, 29, of the disengaging slides, and being thus held back out of gear the loose portions of the clutches and all the other parts of the machine remain stationary until the sliding bed has been pushed or drawn as far as permitted, to one or the other side of the machine, and thus presented in a proper position opposite one or the other of the two drivers to have the pins which have been received in its grooves in their passage under the ymouth of the conductor driven into the crimped portion of the paper. I will first suppose, for example, the sliding bed to be pushed to the right side of the machine behind the driver E. The pin u, in this movement pushes the upper end of the lever R, to the position shown in Fig. 2, that is to say over against the stop and so causes the tooth s, at the lower end of said lever by its operation in the notch r, of the disengaging slide P., rst to shift the said slide out of the tooth z', of the clutch L, M, and so to permit the said tooth z', to engage with one of the ratchet teeth j, of the revolving portion v M, of the clutch, and cause the loose portion L, and its crank pin or wrist h, to make one revolution with it; and by such revolution the pin 71,, is caused to move the slide I, once backward, and then forward again, and so to produce one operation of the crimper F, for the purpose of crimping the paper which has been delivered from the roll G', and one operation and return of the driver E, and one movement of the feed rollers the latter movement taking place during the return of the slide I', and the driver, and serving to carry forward the stuck pins from the bed C, and to deliver the paper for another row. The loose portion L', is prevented making more than one revolution, and the driver, crimper, and paper roll operating more than once by means of the inclined plane lu', on the plate U', for as the lever R', completed the movement produced by the action of the pin w, the projection u, passed up the said inclined plane, and so caused the lever to be raised bodily and its tooth s, to be withdrawn from the notch r, and the slide P', being thus left under the influence of the spring n, is pushed back again to such a position that the tooth z', on coming round again meets the projection j), of the said slide, and is again pushed out of gear with the teeth y', j; and the part L', of the clutch is prevented being carried on by friction, by the tooth z', coming in contact with the portion of the slide at the foot of the projection p. The slide I', having completed its return after the operation of the driver F, the sliding bed is moved across to the other side of the machine and so caused to have its grooves again filled with pins in passing under the conductor D, and as this movement of the bed is completed the lever R, is struck by the pin w, and carried over to the stop au, and its tooth S, caused to move the disengaging slide P, out of the way of the tooth z', of the clutch L, M, when the portion L, is thrown into gear and caused to make one revolution, and the slide I, is moved once back and forth, and one movement of the crimper F, and one movement and return of the driver F, produced. The corresponding parts operate in a precisely similar manner on both sides of the machine, one operation of the crimper and driver and only one, taking place after the movement of the sliding bed in either direction, and then all the parts of the machine, but the two shafts and the fast portions M, M', of the clutches, remaining stationary until the sliding bed is moved all the way across to the opposite side of the machine. The connection of the two levers R, R', by the rods S, causes each one when operated upon by the pin QU, to return the opposite one into the notch r, of its respective slide P, or P', ready for operation when the pin ic, strikes it.

The advantages of my invention are only obtained in the highest degree by the use of the two drivers, and the two sets of paper feeding apparatus in combination with the sliding bed; but a single driver, crimper and paper feeding apparatus may be operated with great advantage by a shaft with a sin gle clutch and a system of disengaging apparatus like that employed in combination with either of the clutches represented, for the operation, produced by the shaft and clutch is much more rapid and commences much more promptly after the sliding bed is in position for sticking the pins, than is possible when produced by hand.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, is

l. (,perating the driver, or drivers, and the crimping and feeding' apparatus or any portion of the same by means of a clutch or clutches, carried by a constantlyrotating shaft, and thrown into gear therewith to effect such operation by the action of the sliding bed or pin carriage, as the latter, after having received the pins, completes its movement to the necessary position for the sticking operation substantially as herein described.

2. The combination with a single recipro eating sliding bed or pin carriage and a single conductor, of two drivers and two sets of crimping and paper feeding apparatus, arranged on opposite sides of the mouth of the conductor in such a manner that the said bed or carriage, in every movement in either direction, is caused to be filled with pins from the conductor, and to convey them to a proper position relatively to one or the other of the drivers to be thereby driven into the paper supplied and crimped by its respective paper feeding and crimping apparatus, substantially as herein described, whereby I effect a saving of the time heretofore lost in ruiming the bed twice under the conductor to be once filled.

3. Effecting the combination between the sliding bed or carriage, and a clutch carried by a constantly revolving shaft, to operate a driver, a crimper, and a. feeding apparatus, or either of them, by means of a toothed lever R, or R', a spring T, aV notched slide P, or P', plate U, or U', with an inclined edge and a` sliding tooth fe, the whole applied and operating substantially as herein described, to permit one and only one revolution of the loose portion of the clutch, and hence but a single operation of the part or parts driven by it.

J. W. NARAMORE.

lVitnesses J. 7. Goonies, R. S. SPENCER. 

